climbing after diving
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What time frame are you talking about?
heavy exercise after diving is not recommended and may lead to increased risk of DCS. why not just dive one day and climb the other?
Hallmac
heavy exercise after diving is not recommended and may lead to increased risk of DCS. why not just dive one day and climb the other?
Hallmac
As far as I know both - exercise after diving as well as changing the altitude may increase the risk of DCS.
Here you can find some discussions:
http://www.scubaboard.com/t54137.html
and here:
http://www.scubaboard.com/t46876.html
It's also worth remembering that pressure in the plane cabin is equal to pressure at around 2000 meters above the sea level. And you have to wait at least 24 hours before you fly.
Mania
Here you can find some discussions:
http://www.scubaboard.com/t54137.html
and here:
http://www.scubaboard.com/t46876.html
It's also worth remembering that pressure in the plane cabin is equal to pressure at around 2000 meters above the sea level. And you have to wait at least 24 hours before you fly.
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Let's first examine the altitude issues.
The pressure changes involved in "climbing underground," by which I assume you mean recreational caving/spelunking, are not great enough to impact upon the risk of DCS.
As for climbing to altitude, one method of dealing with this is by applying an appropriate table, such as those by the NOAA-->
http://www.ndc.noaa.gov/pdfs/AscentToAltitudeTable.pdf
As you can see, pressure changes involved in "climbing hills" 3 hours following recreational diving also would not impact upon the risk of DCS.
However, as others in this thread have suggested, your inquiry has implications beyond simple matters of altitude. It also raises the subject of strenuous exercise soon after scuba. Rather than slogging through sometimes tedious & not always accurate threads, the following article, with several prior postings in this forum, might prove more informative -->
http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/articles/Exercise200403.shtml
Let me know if you have additional questions.
Best regards.
DocVikingo
The pressure changes involved in "climbing underground," by which I assume you mean recreational caving/spelunking, are not great enough to impact upon the risk of DCS.
As for climbing to altitude, one method of dealing with this is by applying an appropriate table, such as those by the NOAA-->
http://www.ndc.noaa.gov/pdfs/AscentToAltitudeTable.pdf
As you can see, pressure changes involved in "climbing hills" 3 hours following recreational diving also would not impact upon the risk of DCS.
However, as others in this thread have suggested, your inquiry has implications beyond simple matters of altitude. It also raises the subject of strenuous exercise soon after scuba. Rather than slogging through sometimes tedious & not always accurate threads, the following article, with several prior postings in this forum, might prove more informative -->
http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/articles/Exercise200403.shtml
Let me know if you have additional questions.
Best regards.
DocVikingo
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Dear Gaudencio:
My NASA research, and that of others, has shown that physical activity during decompression and following surfacing are ways to increase the risk of DCS. You really do not want to do this within about at least six hours of recreational diving. That time would be greater if we were talking abut decompression diving.
Dr Deco (on vacation this weekend)
My NASA research, and that of others, has shown that physical activity during decompression and following surfacing are ways to increase the risk of DCS. You really do not want to do this within about at least six hours of recreational diving. That time would be greater if we were talking abut decompression diving.
Dr Deco (on vacation this weekend)
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